hafal

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay hafal, from Arabic حَافِظ, حَافَظَ (ḥāfaẓa⁩).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈhafal/ [ˈha.fal]
• Rhymes: -afal
• Syllabification: ha‧fal

Verb

hafal (active menghafal, passive dihafal)

1. to memorise
2. to recite (to repeat aloud a memorized text)

Derived terms

• hafalan
• hafalkan
• penghafal
• penghafalan

Further reading

• “hafal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic حَافِظ, حَافَظَ (ḥāfaẓa⁩).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Verb

hafal

1. to memorise, to learn by heart

Welsh

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *haβ̃al, from Proto-Celtic *samalis (“similitude, description”).

Adjective

hafal (feminine singular hafal, plural hafal, not comparable, not mutable)

1. equal

   Antonym: anhafal

Derived terms

• hafaledd (“equality”)
• hafaliad (“equation”)
• hafalochrog (“equilateral”)

Related terms

• dyfalu (“to guess”)
• efelychu (“to emulate”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

hafal

1. h-prothesized form of afal

Mutation

Mutated forms of afal

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
afal	unchanged	unchanged	hafal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.